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The Visit, or The Old The Welkin ‘Master Harold’… My Brilliant Friend Lady Comes to Call Playing from 15 Jan and the boys Parts One and Two Playing from 31 Jan Playing until 17 Dec 12 Nov – 22 Feb

Death of England The Seven Streams The Antipodes The Ocean at the 31 Jan – 7 Mar of the River Ota 21 Oct – 23 Nov End of the Lane 6 – 22 Mar 3 Dec – 25 Jan

Three Sisters Translations Faith, Hope and Charity Hansard 3 Dec – 19 Feb 15 Oct – 18 Dec Playing until 12 Oct Playing until 25 Nov

4 5 Tue 17 7.00 JANUARY Wed 18 1.00 The Visit 7.00 Fri 31 7.00 or The Old Lady Comes to Call Thu 19 7.00 Fri 20 7.00 based on the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt FEBRUARY Sat 21 1.00 adapted by Tony Kushner 7.00 Sat 1 7.00 Mon 23 7.00 Mon 3 7.00 Tue 24 1.00 Tue 4 7.00 7.00 Wed 5 7.00 Wed 25 7.00 Olivier Theatre Thu 6 7.00 Thu 26 7.00 Fri 7 7.00 Fri 27 7.00 Sat 8 7.00 Sat 28 CAP 1.00 Cast includes In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war Mon 10 7.00 7.00 Jason Barnett recession has bitten. Tue 11 7.00 Mon 30 CAP 7.00 Wed 12 7.00 Tue 31 7.00 Sam Cox Claire Zachanassian, improbably beautiful Thu 13 7.00 Richard Durden Fri 14 7.00 and impenetrably terrifying, returns to her APRIL Sat 15 1.00 hometown as the world’s richest woman. 7.00 Lesley Manville Wed 1 1.00 Tue 25 7.00 The locals hope her arrival signals a change 7.00 Joseph Mydell Wed 26 7.00 Thu 2 7.00 Tony Turner in their fortunes, but they soon realise that Thu 27 1.00 Photography (Lesley Manville) Fri 3 7.00 prosperity will only come at a terrible price. 7.00 Douglas Walker by David Stewart Sat 4 1.00 Fri 28 7.00 Hugo Weaving 7.00 Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s visionary revenge Sat 29 1.00

Nicholas Woodeson play is transported into mid-20th-century 7.00 Talks and events include Further Director America by Tony Kushner (‘Angels in performances to Jeremy Herrin America’). Jeremy Herrin (‘People, Places American Culture MARCH be announced in the 1950s and Things’, ‘This House’) directs Lesley Set Designer Fri 6 March, 5.30 – 6.30pm, Mon 2 7.00 Vicki Mortimer Manville (‘The Phantom Thread’, ‘Long Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Tue 3 7.00 Costume Designer Day’s Journey into Night’) as the ruthless Wed 4 CAP 7.00 heiress and Hugo Weaving (‘The Matrix’) Thu 5 1.00 Moritz Junge Making the Show: ‘The Visit’ 7.00 as her former love. Thu 19 Mar, 10.30am – 4pm, Lighting Designer Fri 6 7.00 Cottesloe Room, £60/£40/£15 Sat 7 1.00 Paule Constable 7.00 Composer Actor Lesley Manville Tue 10 7.00 on ‘The Visit’ Wed 11 CAP 1.00 Paul Englishby 7.00 Sound Designer Fri 20 March, 3 – 4pm, Thu 12 7.00 Paul Arditti In association with David Binder Olivier Theatre, £9/£6 Fri 13 AD 7.00 The New American Work Programme is Sat 14 AD TT 1.00 Movement Director supported by The Harold & Mimi Steinberg For more talks and events 7.00 Polly Bennett Charitable Trust, Lawton W Fitt & James I see website Mon 16 7.00 McLaren Foundation and Kathleen J Yoh 6 7 The Welkin JANUARY Wed 15 7.30 a new play by Lucy Kirkwood Thu 16 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 Sat 18 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Tue 21 7.30 Wed 22 7.00 Thu 23 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre Fri 24 7.30 Sat 25 2.15 7.30 Cast includes Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley’s comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced Nadia Albina FEBRUARY Natasha Cottriall to hang for a heinous murder. Aysha Kala When she claims to be pregnant, a Mon 3 7.30 Tue 4 7.30 Wendy Kweh jury of 12 matrons are taken from their Wed 5 7.30 Philip McGinley housework to decide whether she’s Mon 10 7.30 Cecilia Noble telling the truth, or simply trying to Tue 11 2.15 Maxine Peake escape the noose. 7.30 Photography (Maxine Peake) Wed 12 7.30 Dawn Sievewright Fri 21 7.30 Brigid Zengeni With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to by Felicity McCabe defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood Sat 22 CAP 2.15 Ria Zmitrowicz 7.30 outside, the matrons wrestle with their new Talks and events include Mon 24 CAP 7.30 Director authority, and the devil in their midst. Tue 25 2.15 James Macdonald Actor Maxine Peake 7.30 Lucy Kirkwood (‘Mosquitoes’, ‘Chimerica’) Set and Costume on ‘The Welkin’ Wed 26 CAP 7.30 returns to the National Theatre with her Thu 27 7.30 Designer Wed 12 Feb, 3 – 4pm, new play, directed by James Macdonald. Fri 28 7.30 Bunny Christie Lyttelton, £9/£6 Sat 29 2.15 Maxine Peake (‘Black Mirror’, ‘Funny Cow’) 7.30 Lighting Designer plays Lizzy, and Ria Zmitrowicz Exploring the Show: Lee Curran (‘The Doctor’), Sally. ‘The Welkin’ MARCH Sound Designer Mon 24 Feb, 10.30am – 4pm, Carolyn Downing Cottesloe Room, £60/£40/£15 Fri 27 AD 7.30 Sat 28 AD TT 2.15 Fight Directors Making Dramatic Violence 7.30 Rachel Bown- Thu 27 Feb, 5.30 – 7pm, Williams and Further Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 performances to Ruth Cooper- be announced Brown of This play is a recipient of Rc-Annie Ltd. an Edgerton Foundation New Plays Award 8 9 JANUARY Sat 7 CAP 3.00 Death of England 8.00 Fri 31 8.00 a new play by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams FEBRUARY

Sat 1 8.00 Mon 3 8.00 Tue 4 8.00 Wed 5 8.00 Dorfman Theatre Thu 6 7.00 Fri 7 8.00 Cast After the death of his dad, Michael is Sat 8 3.00 Rafe Spall 8.00 powerless and angry. Mon 10 8.00 Director In a state of heartbreak, he confronts the Tue 11 8.00 Wed 12 3.00 Clint Dyer difficult truths about his father’s legacy 8.00 Set and Costume and the country that shaped him. Thu 13 8.00 Designer Fri 14 8.00 At the funeral, unannounced and Sat 15 3.00 Sadeysa unprepared, Michael decides it is time 8.00 Greenaway-Bailey Mon 17 8.00 to speak. Photography (Rafe Spall) and ULTZ by Spencer Murphy Tue 18 3.00 8.00 Lighting Designer Rafe Spall (‘Hedda Gabler’, ‘Black Mirror’) Wed 19 8.00 Jackie Shemesh performs this fearless one-person play Talks and events include Thu 20 8.00 which asks explosive and enduring Fri 21 8.00 Sound Designer Sat 22 3.00 questions about identity, race and class in Writer Roy Williams and Pete Malkin Writer/Director Clint Dyer 8.00 Britain. It is written for him by Roy Williams Mon 24 8.00 Movement Fri 14 Feb, 6.30 – 7.15pm, (‘Sucker Punch’, ‘Sing Yer Heart Out for Tue 25 CAP 8.00 Lucy Cullingford Dorfman, £9/£6 Wed 26 3.00 the Lads’) and Clint Dyer (‘The Happy 8.00 Tragedy of Being Woke’), who becomes the Designers Greenaway-Bailey Thu 27 8.00 first Black British artist to have performed, and ULTZ Fri 28 AD 8.00 Sat 29 AD TT 3.00 written and directed at the National Theatre. Fri 28 Feb, 6.30 – 7.15pm, 8.00 Dorfman, £9/£6 MARCH Actor Rafe Spall on ‘Death of England’ Mon 2 8.00 Mon 2 Mar, 3 – 4pm Tue 3 8.00 Dorfman, £9/£6 Wed 4 8.00 Thu 5 CAP 3.00 8.00 Fri 6 8.00 10 11 An Ex Machina production MARCH

Fri 6 3.00 The Seven Streams Sat 7 3.00 Sun 8 3.00 of the River Ota Fri 13 3.00 Sat 14 3.00 by Ex Machina / Robert Lepage Sun 15 3.00 Fri 20 3.00 Sat 21 AD 3.00 Lyttelton Theatre Sun 22 CAP 3.00

See website for First staged at the National Theatre in 1996, full cast and Robert Lepage’s masterpiece returns production team to London for just nine performances. Presented as part of a world tour, this new Cast includes staging marks 75 years since the nuclear Rebecca Blankenship bombing of Hiroshima. Lorraine Côté Tracing survivors and their descendants Christian Essiambre across five decades, this giant theatrical Richard Fréchette journey through time and space explores Photography by Elias Djemil-Matassov Tetsuya Kudaka the way in which a few kilograms of uranium Myriam Leblanc falling on Japan changed the course of Talks and events to be Umihiko Miya human history. announced later in the year Audrée Southière Philippe Thibault- ‘Lepage’s shows have dazzled a global Denis audience. His profound theatrical Donna Yamamoto experiences explore history and Production the tiny humans swept up within it.’ team includes ‘Guardian’ Director The performance will last 7 hours and includes and Designer two intervals plus a 45-minute dinner break and two pauses. Robert Lepage Creative Director Dialogue is presented in English, French, Steve Blanchet German and Japanese with English subtitles. Dramaturg Gérard Bibeau A co-production with Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Moscow, the National Theatre, London, and Le Diamant, Québec 12 13 A co-production with Fuel DECEMBER FEBRUARY

Tue 3 7.30 Sat 1 AD TT 2.15 Wed 4 7.30 7.30 Thu 5 7.30 Thu 6 7.30 a new play by Inua Ellams Fri 6 7.30 Fri 7 7.30 after Chekhov Sat 7 7.30 Sat 8 2.15 Mon 9 7.30 7.30 Tue 10 7.00 Thu 13 7.30 Wed 11 7.30 Fri 14 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre Thu 12 7.30 Sat 15 2.15 Thu 19 7.30 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 Mon 17 7.30 See website for Chekhov’s iconic characters are relocated Sat 21 2.15 Tue 18 2.15 production team to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. 7.30 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Wed 19 7.30 Cast includes Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil Thu 26 7.30 Ronke Adekoluejo War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving Fri 27 7.30 Jonathan Ajayi Sat 28 2.15 the loss of their father. Months before, two 7.30 Jude Akuwudike ruthless military coups plunged the country Mon 30 7.30 Tobi Bamtefa into chaos. Fuelled by foreign intervention, Tue 31 2.15 Peter Bankole the conflict encroaches on their provincial Photography (Sarah Niles, Anni Domingo JANUARY village, and the sisters long to return to their Natalie Simpson and Rachael Ofori) Lola May by Lakin Ogunbanwo Wed 1 7.30 Jerome Ngonadi former home in Lagos. Talks and events include Thu 2 7.30 Sarah Niles Following his smash-hit ‘Barber Shop Fri 3 CAP 7.30 Ken Nwosu Chronicles’, Inua Ellams returns to the Writer Inua Ellams Sat 4 2.15 Racheal Ofori 7.30 National Theatre with this heartbreaking and Director Nadia Fall Mon 6 7.30 Joseph Ogeleka retelling, directed by Nadia Fall Fri 7 Feb, 6 – 6.45pm, Tue 7 7.30 Nasa Ohalete (‘Home’, ‘Dara’). Lyttelton, £9/£6 Mon 27 7.30 Offue Okgebe Tue 28 CAP 7.30 Chloe Okora ‘Warmth, wisdom and global reach.’ The ‘Three Sisters’ Wed 29 CAP 2.15 ‘Daily Telegraph’ on ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ 7.30 Sule Rimi Actors in Conversation Thu 30 7.30 Natalie Simpson ‘Vital theatre. Funny, moving, unflinching.’ Fri 14 Feb, 3 – 4pm, Fri 31 AD 7.30 Diana Yekinni ‘Sunday Times’ on Inua Ellams' ‘The Half Lyttelton, £9/£6 God of Rainfall’ Exploring ‘Three Sisters’ and Chekhov Fri 7 Feb, 2 – 5pm, Cottesloe Room, Production supported by Leila Maw Straus £35/£20/£7.50 and Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation 14 15 OCTOBER

Tue 15 7.30 Translations Wed 16 7.30 Thu 17 7.30 by Fri 18 7.30 Sat 19 2.00 7.30 Mon 21 7.00 Tue 22 7.30 Olivier Theatre Wed 23 7.30 Thu 24 2.00 7.30 See website for HHHHH Fri 25 7.30 full cast and ‘A true modern classic. Sat 26 2.00 production team 7.30 Directed with immense sensitivity.’ Mon 28 7.30 Cast includes ‘Sunday Times’ Jack Bardoe Following a sold-out run in 2018, Ian NOVEMBER Gareth Clarke Adam Collier Rickson’s exquisite production returns. Fri 29 7.30 Dermot Crowley Sat 30 2.00 Owen, the prodigal son, returns to rural Photography (Judith Roddy, Ciarán 7.30 Liadán Dunlea Donegal from Dublin. With him are two Hinds and Fra Fee) by David Stewart Fra Fee British army officers. Their ambition is DECEMBER Ciarán Hinds to create a map of the area, replacing Talks and events include Paul Lloyd Mon 2 7.30 the Gaelic names with English. It is an Tue 3 2.00 Michael-David CAP administrative act with radical consequences. A Short History of Ireland 7.30 McKernan Mon 28 Oct, 6 – 7pm, Mon 9 7.30 Sarah Madigan Brian Friel’s modern classic is a powerful Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Tue 10 CAP 7.30 Amy Molloy Wed 11 2.00 account of nationhood, which sees the 7.30 Julian Moore-Cook turbulent relationship between England and Lost in Translation? Thu 12 7.30 Fri 29 Nov, 6 – 7pm, Seamus O’Hara Ireland play out in one quiet community. Fri 13 AD 7.30 Judith Roddy Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Sat 14 AD TT 2.00 Rufus Wright 7.30 ‘Translations’ and Mon 16 7.30 the Irish Stage Tue 17 2.00 7.30 Tue 10 Dec, 2 – 5pm, Wed 18 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £35/£20/£7.50 For more talks and events see website 16 17 OCTOBER ‘Master Harold’... Tue 1 7.00 and the boys Wed 2 7.30 Mon 7 7.30 by Tue 8 2.15 7.30 Wed 9 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre Wed 16 7.30 Thu 17 2.15 7.30 Fri 18 7.30 Sat 19 2.15 Cast includes St George’s Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, 7.30 Hammed 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees Fri 25 7.30 Animashaun Sam and Willie practise their steps for the Sat 26 2.15 finals of the ballroom dancing championship. 7.30 Mensah Bediako Mon 28 7.30 Anson Boon Hally arrives from school to hide out in his Tue 29 CAP 2.15 Jake Lampert parents’ tea room. These two men have 7.30 Lucian Msamati been unlikely best friends to Hally his whole NOVEMBER Obi Opara life. But it is apartheid era South Africa: he’s Master Harold, and they are the boys. Photography (Lucian Msamati Fri 1 AD 7.30 Director and Hammed Animashaun) Sat 2 AD TT 2.15 Roy Alexander Tony Award-winning playwright Athol by Sebastian Nevols 7.30 Weise Fugard's semi-autobiographical and Fri 8 7.30 Sat 9 CAP 2.15 Set and Costume blistering masterwork explores the nature Talks and events include 7.30 of friendship, and the ways people are Fri 15 7.30 Designer Director Roy Rajha Shakiry capable of hurting even those they love. Sat 16 CAP 2.15 Roy Alexander Weise (‘Nine Night’) directs Alexander Weise 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Lighting Designer Lucian Msamati (‘Amadeus’) and Hammed Mon 28 Oct, 6 – 6.45pm, Paule Constable Lyttelton, £9/£6 Tue 19 2.15 Animashaun (‘Barber Shop Chronicles’) 7.30 Movement Director as Sam and Willie. Making the Show: ‘Master Wed 20 7.30 Shelley Maxwell Harold’…and the boys’ Sound Designer Fri 8 Nov, 10.30am – 4pm, DECEMBER Cottesloe Room, £60/£40/£15 Giles Thomas Fri 13 7.30 Actors Hammed Sat 14 2.15 Animashaun Anson Boon 7.30 and Lucian Msamati Mon 16 7.30 Tue 17 2.15 Mon 18 Nov, 3 – 4pm, 7.30 Production generously supported by Lyttelton Theatre, £9/£6 the ‘Master Harold’...and the boys Production Syndicate For more talks and events see website 18 19 A co-production with Part One Two-show days NOVEMBER NOVEMBER My Brilliant Friend Tue 12 7.30 Sat 16 2.00 Parts One and Two Wed 13 7.30 Wed 20 2.00 based on ’s ‘Neapolitan Novels’ Fri 15 7.30 Sat 23 2.00 Tue 19 7.30 Tue 26 1.30 adapted by April De Angelis Thu 21 7.30 Mon 25 7.30 DECEMBER Thu 28 7.30 Olivier Theatre Thu 5 2.00 DECEMBER Sat 7 2.00

Sat 21 CAP 2.00 See website HHHH Wed 4 7.30 Mon 23 2.00 Fri 20 7.30 for full cast and ‘As if Ferrante has Fri 27 2.00 production team Sat 28 CAP 2.00 materialised in front of us.’ JANUARY Mon 30 2.00 Cast includes ‘Observer’ Justin Avoth Mon 6 CAP7.30 JANUARY When the most important person in her life Thu 9 7.30 Adam Burton goes missing without a trace, Lenù Greco, Mon 13 7.30 Thu 2 2.00 Niamh Cusack Tue 14 7.30 Fri 3 2.00 now a celebrated author, begins to recall Thu 16 7.30 Amiera Darwish Photography (Niamh Cusack Sat 4 AD TT 2.00 a relationship of more than 60 years. Mon 20 7.30 and Catherine McCormack) AD 7.30 Trevor Fox by Jillian Edelstein Wed 8 2.00 Danielle Henry Based on the celebrated novels by Part Two Sat 11 2.00 Martin Hyder Elena Ferrante – published in over Talks and events include NOVEMBER Sat 18 2.00 50 countries – ‘My Brilliant Friend’ is an Tue 21 2.00 Kezrena James Actors Niamh Cusack epic story of love, violence, ambition Thu 14 7.30 David Judge and Catherine McCormack Catherine and self-destruction. Fri 22 7.30 Extra Fri 10 Jan, 3 – 4pm, performances McCormack Wed 27 7.30 Following a sold-out run at Rose Theatre Olivier, £9/£6 added in Feb Director DECEMBER Kingston, the acclaimed two-part Making ‘My Brilliant Friend’ See p.42 adaptation by April De Angelis (‘Jumpy’) Thu 16 Jan, 10.30am – 4pm, Fri 6 7.30 Set and Costume is reworked for the Olivier stage by Melly Cottesloe Room, £60/£40/£15 Designer Still (‘Coram Boy’). Niamh Cusack and A Short History JANUARY Soutra Gilmour Catherine McCormack return to play of Modern Italy Tue 7 7.30 Composer Lenù and Lila. Fri 17 Jan, 6 – 7pm, Fri 10 7.30 Jim Fortune Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Tue 14 AD 2.00 Wed 15 CAP 7.30 Adapter April De Angelis Fri 17 7.30 and Director Melly Still Tue 18 Feb, 6 – 6.45pm, Olivier, £9/£6 20 21 OCTOBER The Antipodes Mon 21 7.30 by Tue 22 7.30 Wed 23 7.30 Thu 24 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Sat 26 2.30 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Dorfman Theatre Tue 29 7.30 Wed 30 7.00 Thu 31 2.30 Cast includes Following acclaimed runs of ‘The Flick’ and 7.30 ‘John’, Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker Matt Bardock returns to the National Theatre with her NOVEMBER Arthur Darvill latest extraordinary play. Fri 1 7.30 Imogen Doel Their phones switched off, a group of people Sat 2 2.30 Hadley Fraser sit around a table telling, categorising and 7.30 Conleth Hill theorising stories. Mon 4 7.30 Stuart McQuarrie Tue 5 7.30 This is a world that is both familiar and Sinéad Matthews Art by Dan Hillier Wed 6 CAP 2.30 fantastical. Their real purpose is never quite 7.30 Bill Milner clear, but they continue on, searching for Thu 7 7.30 Directors Talks and events include Fri 8 7.30 the monstrous. Sat 9 2.30 Annie Baker Annie Baker and Part satire, part sacred rite, ‘The Antipodes’ 7.30 Chloe Lamford Chloe Lamford Mon 11 CAP 7.30 asks what value stories have for a world Set and Costume Tue 29 Oct, 6 – 6.45pm, Tue 12 7.30 in crisis. Wed 13 7.30 Designer Dorfman, £9/£6 Thu 14 2.30 ‘An intensely vivid hypnotizing act.’ Chloe Lamford How Many Stories 7.30 ‘Time Out New York’ Fri 15 7.30 Lighting Designer in the World? Sat 16 2.30 Natasha Chivers Fri 1 Nov, 6 – 7pm, 7.30 Sound Designer Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Mon 18 7.30 Tue 19 CAP 2.30 Tom Gibbons Telling Your ‘Own’ 7.30 Movement Director Story: Workshop Wed 20 7.30 Thu 21 7.30 The New American Work Sat 9 Nov, 10.30am – 1pm, Sasha Milavic Davies Fri 22 AD 7.30 Programme is supported Cottesloe Room, £40/£25 Sat 23 AD TT 2.30 Illusion Designer by The Harold & Mimi 7.30 Steve Cuiffo Steinberg Charitable Trust, Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation and Kathleen J Yoh 22 23 Wed 15 2.00 DECEMBER 7.30 The Ocean at the Thu 16 7.30 Tue 3 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 Thu 5 7.30 End of the Lane Sat 18 ® 2.00 Fri 6 7.30 7.30 Sat 7 7.30 based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Mon 20 7.30 Mon 9 7.30 adapted by Joel Harwood Tue 21 2.00 Tue 10 7.30 7.30 Wed 11 7.00 Wed 22 CAP 7.30 Thu 12 7.30 Thu 23 7.30 Dorfman Theatre Fri 13 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 Sat 14 2.00 Sat 25 2.00 7.30 7.30 See website for Returning to his childhood home, Alex finds Mon 16 7.30 full cast and himself standing beside the duck pond Tue 17 2.00 production team of the old Sussex farmhouse where he 7.30 used to play. He’s transported to his 13th Wed 18 7.30 Cast includes Thu 19 7.30 birthday, spring half term. When his dad was Samuel Blenkin Fri 20 7.30 struggling to make ends meet and his friend Sat 21 2.00 Jade Croot Lettie claimed it wasn’t a pond, but 7.30 Fred Davis an ocean… Mon 23 7.30 Owain Gwynn Thu 26 7.30 Illustration by Nicolas Delort Justin Salinger This adventure will excite and thrill those Fri 27 7.30 brave enough to face its hidden depths. Sat 28 2.00 Jeffrey Sangalang 7.30 Marli Siu Bestselling author Neil Gaiman is the Talks and events include Mon 30 7.30 Josie Walker creator of the epic ‘American Gods’, Creating the Puppets for Tue 31 2.00 Jess Williams ‘Coraline’, ‘Stardust’ and the ‘The Ocean at the End Production ‘Sandman’ series. of the Lane’ JANUARY team includes Suitable for ages 12+ Sat 25 Jan, 11.30am – 1pm, Wed 1 7.30 Duffield Studio, £12/£7 Director Tickets for families Thu 2 CAP 2.00 7.30 Katy Rudd Half-price for under-18s Making the Show: Fri 3 7.30 Set Designer ‘The Ocean at the Sat 4 2.00 Fly Davis End of the Lane’ 7.30 Tue 21 Jan, 2 – 5pm, Mon 6 7.30 Costume and Cottesloe Room, Tue 7 7.30 Puppet Designer Wed 8 7.30 £35/£20/£7.50 Thu 9 2.00 Samuel Wyer 7.30 Fri 10 AD 7.30 Sat 11 AD TT 2.00 7.30 Mon 13 CAP 7.30 Tue 14 7.30 24 25 OCTOBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER

Tue 1 7.30 Thu 3 7.30 Mon 4 7.30 Wed 2 2.30 Fri 4 7.30 Tue 5 7.30 7.30 Sat 5 2.15 Wed 6 7.30 Thu 3 7.30 7.30 Thu 7 7.00 Fri 4 AD 7.30 Thu 10 7.30 Sat 5 AD TT 2.30 Fri 11 AD 7.30 Until 25 November Sat 12 AD TT 2.15 7.30 7.30 Mon 7 CAP 7.30 See website Mon 14 CAP 7.30 Tue 8 CAP 2.30 for more Tue 15 7.30 7.30 performances Wed 9 7.30 Mon 21 7.30 Thu 10 7.30 Tue 22 CAP 7.30 Photography by David Stewart Fri 11 7.30 Photography ( and Wed 23 7.30 Sat 12 2.30 Lindsay Duncan) by Jay Brooks Thu 24 7.30 7.30 Wed 30 7.30 Thu 31 2.15 Dorfman Theatre Lyttelton Theatre 7.30 Faith, Hope and Charity Hansard a new play by Alexander Zeldin a new play by Simon Woods

‘A n essential watch.’ Alexander Zeldin’s new HHHH ‘Time Out’ on ‘LOVE’ play promises to be another ‘Touching and illuminating Broadcast to cinemas from Thu 7 Nov. In a run-down community hall uncompromising theatrical all at .’ on the edge of town, a woman experience that goes to the heart ‘’ Find your nearest venue: of our uncertain times. ntlive.com has been cooking lunch for Friday Rush those in need. Every Friday at 1pm a limited A choir is starting up, run by number of £20 tickets for the a volunteer who’s looking for following week’s performances a new beginning. A mother is are released to buy online. seeking help in her fight to keep Day Tickets her young daughter from being A limited number of £19/£15 Production supported by taken into care. An older man tickets are available in person Marcia Grand in loving sits silently in the corner, the on the day of the performance. memory of Richard Grand, first to arrive, the last to leave. and by Leila Maw Straus Outside the rain is falling. This play is a recipient of Production supported by an Egerton Foundation The Polonsky Foundation New Plays Award 26 27 On Tour and in New York

War Horse based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford presented in association with the award-winning A Taste of Honey A Fuel, National Theatre and Handspring Puppet Company by Shelagh Delaney Leeds Playhouse co-production Bijan Sheibani (‘Barber Shop Barber Shop Chronicles London – Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Chronicles’), directs Jodie a new play by Inua Ellams 18 Oct – 23 Nov Prenger (‘Oliver!’, ‘One Man, HHHHH Two Guvnors’) as Helen in ‘Joyous. Brilliantly acted. Based on the novel by HHHHH this new production. Life affirming. Go.’ Michael Morpurgo, this ‘World class in every way.’ HHHH ‘Independent’ powerfully moving and ‘The Times’ ‘A tough, tenacious play imaginative drama is a show Also on a UK tour until Nov with an emotional bite.’ HHHHH of phenomenal inventiveness. ‘A remarkable achievement. ‘Guardian’ An astonishing piece At its heart are astonishing On a UK tour until 16 Nov of theatre.’ life-sized horses, created by ‘Time Out’ South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company. Hadestown A co-production with ‘War Horse’ returns to London Music, lyrics and book by Neal Street Productions this autumn for a limited season Suitable for 10yrs+ Anaïs Mitchell, developed The Lehman Trilogy at Troubadour Wembley Park with Rachel Chavkin by Stefano Massini Theatre, an exciting new venue Now playing in New York adapted by Ben Power located just steps away from Preferred Card In New York from March 2020 Wembley Stadium. Partner 28 National Theatre Live Coming Soon

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CALENDAR KEY Oct Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman AD Audio-Described Tue 1 Peter Gynt 1.00 CAP Captioned TALK: McArdle, Hare and Kent CAP 6.30 Master Harold PRESS 7.00 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 TT Touch Tour Wed 2 Peter Gynt CAP 7.00 Master Harold 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 2.30+7.30 P Preview Performance Thu 3 Peter Gynt 7.00 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 PRESS Press Night Fri 4 TALK: David Suchet 6.00 Peter Gynt 7.00 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity AD 7.30 Relaxed Performance Sat 5 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Hansard 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity AD TT 2.30+7.30 Sun 6 Mon 7 Peter Gynt 7.00 Master Harold 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity CAP 7.30 Tue 8 Peter Gynt LAST 7.00 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity CAP 2.30+7.30 Wed 9 TALK: Harry Potter Illustrations 6.00 Master Harold 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Thu 10 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Fri 11 Hansard AD 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Sat 12 Hansard AD TT 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity LAST 2.30+7.30 Sun 13 Mon 14 Hansard CAP 7.30 Tue 15 Translations P1 7.30 Hansard 7.30 Wed 16 Translations P2 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 Thu 17 Translations P 7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 Fri 18 Translations P 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 Sat 19 Translations PRE-PRESS 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 Sun 20 Mon 21 Translations PRESS 7.00 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes P1 7.30 Tue 22 TALK: Peter Brook CAP 6.00 Translations 7.30 Hansard CAP 7.30 The Antipodes P2 7.30 Wed 23 Translations 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Thu 24 Translations 2.00+7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Fri 25 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Sat 26 Translations 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes P 2.30+7.30 Sun 27 Mon 28 TALK: Roy Alexander Weise 6.00 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Tue 29 TALK: Baker and Lamford 6.00 Master Harold CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes PRE-PRESS 7.30 Wed 30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes PRESS 7.00 Thu 31 Hansard 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30

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Fri 1 Master Harold AD 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Sat 2 Master Harold AD TT 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Sun 3 Mon 4 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Tue 5 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Wed 6 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes CAP 2.30+7.30 Thu 7 Hansard NT LIVE 7.00 The Antipodes 7.30 Fri 8 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Sat 9 Master Harold CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Sun 10 Mon 11 TALK: Shakespeare for Every Day 6.00 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes CAP 7.30 Tue 12 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P1 7.30 Hansard 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Wed 13 TALK: Duncan & Jennings CAP 3.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P2 7.30 Hansard CAP 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Thu 14 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P1 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Fri 15 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Sat 16 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P2 7.30 Master Harold CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Sun 17 Mon 18 TALK: Animashaun & Msamati CAP 3.00 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Tue 19 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes CAP 2.30+7.30 Wed 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Thu 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Fri 22 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes AD 7.30 Sat 23 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P 7.30 Hansard CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes LAST AD TT 2.30+7.30 Sun 24 Mon 25 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Hansard LAST 7.30 Tue 26 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 PRESS 1.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 PRESS 7.00 Wed 27 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Thu 28 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Fri 29 Translations 7.30 Sat 30 Translations 2.00+7.30

36 37 Dec Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sun 1 Mon 2 Translations 7.30 Tue 3 Translations CAP 2.00+7.30 Three Sisters P1 7.30 The Ocean P1 7.30 Wed 4 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters P2 7.30 Thu 5 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P2 7.30 Fri 6 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Sat 7 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Sun 8 Mon 9 Translations 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Tue 10 Translations CAP 7.30 Three Sisters PRESS 7.00 The Ocean P 7.30 Wed 11 Translations 2.00+7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean PRESS 7.00 Thu 12 TALK: Theatre Quiz 5.30 Translations 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 13 TALK: Private Eye 5.30 Translations AD 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 14 Translations AD TT 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sun 15 Mon 16 TALK: Hinds and Fee 3.00 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 17 Translations 2.00+7.30 Master Harold LAST 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Wed 18 Translations LAST 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Thu 19 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sun 22 Mon 23 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 24 BUILDING CLOSED Wed 25 BUILDING CLOSED Thu 26 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 27 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 28 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sun 29 Mon 30 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 31 Three Sisters 2.15 The Ocean 2.00

38 39 Jan Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Wed 1 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Thu 2 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean CAP 2.00+7.30 Fri 3 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters CAP 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 4 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 AD TT 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 AD 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sun 5 Mon 6 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 7 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 8 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Thu 9 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Fri 10 TALK: Cusack & McCormack 3.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean AD 7.30 Sat 11 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean AD TT 2.00+7.30 Sun 12 Mon 13 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean CAP 7.30 Tue 14 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 AD 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 15 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 The Welkin P1 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Thu 16 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Welkin P2 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 17 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin P3 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 18 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean ® 2.00+7.30 Sun 19 Mon 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Wed 22 The Welkin PRESS 7.00 The Ocean CAP 7.30 Thu 23 The Welkin 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 24 TALK: Horwood and Rudd 6.00 The Welkin 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 25 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 The Ocean LAST 2.00+7.30 Sun 26 Mon 27 Three Sisters 7.30 Tue 28 Three Sisters CAP 7.30 Wed 29 Three Sisters CAP 2.15 +7.30 Thu 30 Three Sisters 7.30 Fri 31 Student Conference 10.30 The Visit P1 7.00 Three Sisters AD 7.30 Death of England P1 8.00

40 41 Feb Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Sat 1 The Visit P2 7.00 Three Sisters AD TT 2.15+7.30 Death of England P2 8.00 Sun 2 Mon 3 The Visit P 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England P 8.00 Tue 4 The Visit P 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England P 8.00 Wed 5 The Visit P 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England P 8.00 Thu 6 The Visit P 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England PRESS 7.00 Fri 7 The Visit P 7.00 TALK: Ellams and Fall 6.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Sat 8 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Sun 9 Mon 10 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Tue 11 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Death of England 8.00 Wed 12 TALK: Maxine Peake 3.00 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Thu 13 The Visit PRESS 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Fri 14 TALK: Actors in Conversation 3.00 TALK: Dyer and Williams 6.30 The Visit 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Sat 15 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Sun 16 Mon 17 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Tue 18 TALK: De Angelis and Still 6.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Wed 19 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters LAST 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Thu 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Fri 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Sat 22 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 LAST 7.30 The Welkin CAP 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Sun 23 Mon 24 The Welkin CAP 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Tue 25 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Death of England CAP 8.00 Wed 26 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin CAP 7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Thu 27 The Visit 1.00+7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Fri 28 TALK: Greenaway-Bailey and ULTZ 6.30 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England AD 8.00 Sat 29 The Visit 1.00+7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Death of England AD TT 3.00+8.00

42 43 Mar Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sun 1 Mon 2 TALK: Rafe Spall 3.00 The Visit 7.00 Death of England 8.00 Tue 3 The Visit 7.00 Death of England 8.00 Wed 4 The Visit CAP 7.00 Death of England 8.00 Thu 5 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Death of England CAP 3.00+8.00 Fri 6 The Visit 7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Death of England 8.00 Sat 7 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Death of England LAST CAP 3.00+8.00 Sun 8 Seven Streams 3.00 Mon 9 Tue 10 The Visit 7.00 Wed 11 The Visit CAP 1.00+7.00 Thu 12 The Visit 7.00 Fri 13 The Visit AD 7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Sat 14 The Visit AD TT 1.00+7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Sun 15 Seven Streams 3.00 Mon 16 The Visit 7.00 Tue 17 The Visit 7.00 Wed 18 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Thu 19 The Visit 7.00 Fri 20 TALK: Lesley Manville 3.00 The Visit 7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Sat 21 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Seven Streams AD 3.00 Sun 22 Seven Streams LAST CAP 3.00 Mon 23 The Visit 7.00 Tue 24 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Wed 25 The Visit 7.00 Thu 26 The Visit 7.00 Fri 27 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin AD 7.30 Sat 28 The Visit CAP 1.00+7.00 The Welkin AD TT 2.15+7.30 Sun 29 Mon 30 The Visit CAP 7.00 Tue 31 The Visit 7.00

Apr Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Wed 1 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Thu 2 The Visit 7.00 Fri 3 The Visit 7.00 Sat 4 The Visit 1.00+7.00

44 45 Ticket Prices Book early for the best seats No booking fee online or in person Prices may change according to demand. £3 fee per transaction for phone bookings. Excludes Book early to ensure the best seats. Members at Priority level and above, and Access list subscribers.

Mon – Thu evening; all matinees Fri & Sat evening Ways to save

£15 Ticket Season: *£70, £50, £42, £38, £30, £15 *£75 £55, £48, £42, £32, £15 Previews £37 – £15 Three Sisters

All performances Ways to save

Hansard, Master Harold, *£86, £66, £57, £46, £32, £15 *£89, £69, £60, £52, £35, £20 Previews *£69, £49 – £15 My Brilliant Friend, Peter Gynt, Translations, The Visit, The Welkin My Brilliant Friend: Combined tickets are available on two-show days (see page 13).

All performances Fri & Sat evening Ways to save

The Seven Streams Full day ticket *£71, £56, £45, £30, £20 Previews *£53, £38 – £15 of the River Ota *£125, £95, £75, £58, £30 *£65, £45, £36, £25, £20 Previews *£54, £34 – £15 *£61, £46, £37, £26, £20 Previews *£54, £38 – £15 Dorfman Theatre Mon – Thu evening; all matinees

The Antipodes *£66, £51, £40, £29, £15 The Ocean *£60, £40, £34, £25, £15 Death of England *£56, £41, £35, £26, £15

*Some of the best seats in the house are premium priced. They help to ensure we can continue to offer low price seats for all our productions; the National Theatre is a charity and only 17% government-funded. This year nearly 30% of our tickets are available for £20 or less.

46 47 More ways to save £20/£18/£15 Tickets Information Ticket Exchange In the Olivier and Lyttelton There are no refunds on tickets, Friday Rush theatres these stalls seats Opening Times but you can exchange them Every Friday at 1pm a limited are narrower and may offer For a full list of individual for another performance or for number of £20 tickets for the a restricted view. In the outlets and building credit. Terms and conditions following week’s performances Dorfman theatre these seats opening times, visit and a small administration fee are released to buy online. are restricted view. Two per nationaltheatre.org.uk apply, call the Box Office for Day Tickets customer per production. The entire building will details: 020 7452 3000. be closed on Tuesday 24 A limited number of Groups and Wednesday 25 December. All discounts are subject to £20/£18/£15 tickets are Call 020 7452 3010 for availability and at the available in person on discounts on groups of Guidance on suitability discretion of the Box Office. the day of the performance. We don’t publish specific age 8+ for selected productions. Car Park Seat location varies. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups recommendations for all our shows. For guidance on content Car spaces in the NT car park and suitability please call 020 are £8.50 for cars entering after 7452 3000. Children under four 5pm or if you attend a daytime Concessions Senior Citizens – save on ticketed event and leave before midweek matinees are welcome in the foyers, Entry Pass however they cannot be 7pm. Combined matinee/ For ‘Hansard’, ‘Master Harold’, evening show rate: £15. 16 – 25-year-olds can access admitted to the auditoriums. ‘Peter Gynt’, ‘Translations’, Sunday/public holidays: £8.50 £7.50 tickets by joining ‘The Visit’ and ‘The Welkin’ save For your safety and comfort all day. Free parking for Blue Entry Pass. nationaltheatre. £20 on £57 and £46 tickets. Strobe lighting, smoke effects Badge holders attending org.uk/entrypass For ‘Three Sisters’ save £15 and gunshots are sometimes a performance – validate at Under-18s on £50 and £42 tickets. See used in productions. the Box Office. Details are available from Half price for Monday – Friday website for ‘The Seven Streams For details on accessible the Box Office after the evenings and all matinees (all of the River Ota’. £30 tickets parking please visit first preview. performances of ‘The Ocean available for midweek matinees nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel at the End of the Lane’). in the Dorfman. Latecomers may Excludes tickets under £30. Programme changes Disabled People not be admitted. All bulky Programme details are UK Schools, Colleges £16 tickets at the South Bank items such as bags and published in good faith, but and Universities plus £16 tickets rucksacks must be left at changes may occasionally Under-19s £12; 19 – 25s (£15 tickets for ‘Three Sisters’) the free cloakrooms. £15 for groups of 10+ on are available for Access be necessary. selected performances. list subscribers. Call 020 7452 3010 nationaltheatre.org.uk/ for availability. accesslist nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups

48 49 Access Smart caption glasses Programme credits A revolutionary new way for Audio-Described AD people with hearing loss to Cover photography Performances for blind and experience theatre. For more by Graham Pearson. visually impaired people. information see the website. With thanks to With thanks Touch Tour TT to Kate John, Ken Rose, Laura For blind and visually impaired Infrared audio system Wigan, Anielle Marimootoo, people. An opportunity to visit Available in all theatres for Barrie Nield, Joel Baldwin the stage, handle the props and every performance. Free and Sam Stacey and meet members of the company. headsets and neck loops are the National Theatre essential and available from Carpentry department. Captioned CAP the Box Office. Captioned performances for Registered Charity No. 224223 deaf, deafened and hard-of- Loop System hearing people. There is a loop system American Express ® installed in the Olivier and Relaxed Performance Lyttelton theatres to support Card members have exciting Aimed at anyone who would people using hearing aids ticket benefits for National benefit from a more relaxed with a T-setting. Theatre shows. For details visit performance environment nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex CD and braille versions of including people with this rep brochure are an autistic spectrum available on request from condition, sensory or [email protected] communication disorders Preferred or a learning disability. P WC Card Partner T The next relaxed performance will be ‘The Ocean at the End of the Lane’ on Saturday 18 January at 2pm.

50 51 This cover was created with the Carpentry department. They are responsible for the construction of scenery that appears on the stages of the National Theatre: even though a door or wall could look marble or concrete, it nearly always starts as sheets of birch ply or MDF. The highly skilled carpenters work from technical drawings to build timber flattage (walls), windows, doors and staircases. They also build large prop elements such as benches, bars and fireplaces, and occasionally use materials such as polycarbonate for light-up floors, or vacuum form plastic sheets for brick wall effects or ornate detail. The Carpentry department ranges from young apprentices to carpenters with 020 7452 3000 over 30 years’ experience. nationaltheatre.org.uk